Word Meaning

Meaning of demands

- To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.
- To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
- To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
- To call into court; to summon.
- To make a demand; to inquire.
- The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.
- Earnest inquiry; question; query.
- A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.
- That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
- The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
- The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person.
- A thing or amount claimed to be due.

Crossword clue for demands

- besiege
- Call for
- Consumer requirement
- Give (orders)
- Imperious request
- Insist on having
- Insist on making men add
- Insist upon
- Notification
- Request forcefully
- Request forcibly
- Request peremptorily
- Send for
- Supply and ...
- Urgent request
- Adds men haphazardly to behests
- Asks for urgently
- consumer requirements
- Requests forcibly
- Requirements
- Requires